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Dang stupid bench squirrels showed up again, I’m sure @TopherMcGinnis is sneaking in overnight and coaxing them in here🙄. Let me explain what happened here, I was searching through the archives for a certain part, then I found a part and said hey I remember that was going to go with this potential build and the next thing I know I’m harvesting transmissions and then I mock up another 32. I’m gonna have to rename my bench to “Snowballs”! you will notice in the first photo a gathering of smallish white boxes, those are proposed builds which I have accumulated some parts for and have a rough mockup started… those are not stillborn ideas those are just waiting for the creative juices to flow in their direction again.

Well that might not be so advantageous. Well I guess if we don’t have obstacles to overcome this would be a boring af hobby. I’m not sure but I believe @David G. coined a phrase about creating problems. You got this Jim.

I too am interested in this build! The poncho mill should be a nice addition to this.

Nice to see you still plucking away at this.

That was mid afternoon yesterday, we had about 25 cm, thankfully no wind otherwise I’d be still searching for the car in a drift somewhere

The MPC kits heritage dates it back into the 70’s so yeah I’d say they will be some incompatibility issues. Like comparing apples to kumquats.

I have a ways to go for warm lol, we are getting a few flurries today, possibility of up to 2 feet

Speaking of bumpers, you gonna get back to work on this? A light nudge or bump as it were.

Tedious but worth the effort I’m sure Jim

Thank you again for the kind words David, I’ve done a fair bit of research when it comes to the 32 and it’s iterations so I do try to get things looking as right as I can. I mean I could be a box stock builder but I don't think I’d be able to. 🥱😴 imho!

Thank you David, but a new pair of engine mounts is a way faster soloution for me. And after staring at it for some time I had felt the engine was sitting rather too high.

Did some pinning of the engine parts for mock up and it look like I’m going to have to lower the engine a tinch! But I’m excited that my wheels finally arrived from the tire shop!

Sprue glue is an art form of its own when it comes to working on some of these older kits with horrible fitment issues. I use the old testors glass bottles to mix mine in, then I can add to it and keep the batch going kinda like sourdough bread hahah. I really like the look of this Greg, it’s got the right vibe for a full rear wheel skirt tail dragger!

A little engine mockup to see how it will all play together.

I’ve had mine caged up for months, I’ll have to count them, they may have hatched a great escape!

Tidy looking frame. I like the complexity and simplicity of the suspension components on these 20’s model A’s (makes me think about getting back to mine)

So what to do when the axles don’t fit the wheels you want to use? Simple hack off the axles and fabricate some new mounting points. we start with the Monogram drums from the 32 roadster, the wheels from the Revell 29 ford pickup( newest release with the 40 ford steel wheels. These wheels are meant to be affixed with styrene pins and a rod on the rear so we improvise with good old polystyrene 1:16 rod to create the stub axles. Then we get some 1:8th tube to act as the receiver for the rod. Open the holes in the drums to accept the tube and bam now we have solid mounting points for our new wheels. The great thing about this modification is the adjustability for the track width of the wheels, a wider stance than the 9” ford rear axle from the Revell 32 series was desired. Currently stripping chrome from the wheel backs so that I can get the wheels painted and assembled for a proper mockup with the right wheels.

Yup I have them all in my arsenal! I too enjoy the dark shades.

Nothing fancy but the frame and suspension are now in paint, some extra fine detail paint will come soon, I’ve decided to go with an absence of chrome for this part of the build. These are the various shades used. As seen the engine has also been started. I used the steering box from the revell 40 Ford standard for its low profile and good header clearance. Next step will be proper fitment of the wheels as I won’t be using the mock-up wheels used in the past pictures. So I will start with the brake drum backing plates.

That blue looks good Len

I’m sure your dad would be proud of this restoration of one of his old builds John.

I went through the process of building my own stock frame and if you have lots of patience it can be done! Parts were sourced from a couple of Revell kits(glue bomb rescues) The Revell 32 ford kit as a starting point and there are tons of them out there so I don’t really see the need for 3D printing the frame, now the k member and front and rear buggy spring mounts as a conversation would be a great idea for a 3D platform

Yes, but to Whom?

Ok Len I’ll take the bullet for that. In other news frame and suspension with fuel tank are almost complete, film at eleven.

I trimmed the dash, after all it had to be trimmed/narrowed to fit to begin with.